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This is the closest I get to commenting on politics… Mr. President, if I were an American, you’d have just lost my vote…

Okay, to be fair, I think I’ve been nasty enough to God as it is, so I thought I would take it easy on the invisible bloke for once. Instead, I thought I’d share this funny piece of audio about his followers:
[audio:http://yuttadhammo.sirimangalo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/GodsDelusion.mp3]
This is taken from The God Delusion, a book by Richard Dawkins.

Here’s some pictures from Wat Thai Minnesota:

I never thought I would create a bit torrent, but in the end it has been a surprisingly pleasant experience. Create a DVD image file, make a corresponding .torrent file, then upload the latter to a public bit torrent site and start “seeding” the former to whoever wants it. Already sixty-four people want [...]

Here’s a few photos of the past three months’ activities… all good things must come to an end. Click on the “continue reading” link to see the rest of the photos.

But savaged with problems or not, you will find, among the homeless, in greater proportion than in the general population, people with mighty hearts and kind natures – folks who are likable, lovable, thoughtful and as generous as they can be. Not surprisingly, Jesus was homeless [Matt 8:20], as was Buddha. And as are saints [...]

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Three cheers for non-virtual reality :)

Here’s my birthday talk (it’s the gift that keeps on giving…).  I actually gave two talks on my birthday, but the other was in Thai and not recorded.  This one is about what Birthdays mean to Buddhists and what dhammas bring true wellbeing (svastika).
[audio:http://www.sirimangalo.org/files/diraudio/Yuttadhammo/Los%20Angeles%20Course/090509_HappyBirthday.mp3]

Today was an interesting day… the second of two applicants for monk ordination dropped out today. Polly remarked, rather pointedly, that the men aren’t scoring so well. I have no excuses for my gender’s behaviour, but I think this helped to inspire or at least mold the following talk:
[audio:http://www.sirimangalo.org/files/diraudio/Yuttadhammo/Los%20Angeles%20Course/090504_Karma12.mp3]
This one is on [...]